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  1. Canadians will receive meagre rate of return on CPP contributions

    Appeared in the Financial Post, April 4, 2018 Misperceptions plague the public’s view of the Canada Pension Plan (or CPP). Mark Machin, CEO of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB)—the organization tasked with investing CPP contributions ...

  2. Call a spade a spade—CPP payroll tax is a tax

    Our recent study found that virtually all Canadian families with children will soon pay higher taxes due to federal income tax changes already in place and forthcoming increases to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) payroll tax. If the ...

  3. Reality undercuts Trudeau government’s tax-cutting claim

    There’s no doubt that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is being asked some tough questions on his current cross-country town hall tour. But a recent study on taxation raises yet another critical question for the prime minister. For a ...

  4. Federal government fails to make convincing case for CPP expansion

    Appeared in the Calgary Herald, October 8, 2016 The Trudeau government recently introduced legislation to expand the Canada Pension Plan—a move that will require working Canadians to pay higher payroll taxes in exchange for increased benefits in ...

  5. Longstanding problem of discouraging work made worse

    The federal government’s new Canada Child Benefit program recently replaced and consolidated an assortment of previous programs. Yet little attention has been given to how this policy change, along with others, will exacerbate a ...

  6. New federal polices worsen old problem of discouraging work in Canada

    Appeared in the Financial Post, August 31, 2016 Last month the federal government’s new Canada Child Benefit program came into force, replacing and consolidating an assortment of previous programs. However, little attention has been given to how this ...

  7. Return on CPP contributions still meagre after expansion

    Appeared in the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal, July 22, 2016 The expansion of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP), announced in June by Canada’s federal and provincial finance ministers, has sparked important questions about what the changes will mean for ...

  8. CPP expansion will do little to boost rate of return, particularly for younger Canadians

    Last month Canada’s federal and provincial finance ministers announced an expansion of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP). Some have tried to justify expansion by claiming that the CPP provides a high rate of return for retired Canadians. ...

  9. Australia’s system of individual retirement saving accounts vs. the collective CPP model

    Ottawa and the provinces have announced an “agreement in principle” to expand the Canada Pension Plan (CPP), requiring increased mandatory contributions from workers starting in 2019 in exchange for higher CPP retirement benefits in the ...

  10. Rates of return for expanded CPP remain meagre

    Last month, Canada’s finance ministers announced an “agreement in principle” to expand the Canada Pension Plan (CPP), which will require workers to pay more into the program starting in 2019 in exchange for higher CPP retirement benefits ...